Apparatus for making coffee and the like



"Sept 1,1925.

J. svENDsGAARD FOR MAKING COFFEE AND THE LIKE 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 APPARATUS Filed lay 28, 1924 sam. 1, 192s. 1,551,855i

J. SVENDSGAARD APPARATUS FOR MAKING COFFEE AND THB LIKE Filed May 28 192" 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Sept. 1, 1925. J. SVENDSGAARD APPARATUS Fon mm1@ COFFEE Aman 'ma LIKE Fnd my 28', 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 MMM J Sept. 1, 1925.

APPAHATU5--FOR MAKING co Filed Nay 28, .1924

J. SVENDSGAARD FFEE AND THE LIKE S'Sheets-Sheef, 11

Sept. l, 1925.

J. IsvENcxsGmRm APPARATUS F011 MAKING COFFEE AND (rma: Lima Filed nay 28.- 1924 l 5 slums-'sheetl 5 of which have open tops. The tank 28 is arranged to slide out of the housing 21 at the front thereof and is provided with a coffee auge 30 and a faucet 31 through which the i u1d coffee may be drawn from said tank. T e tank 29 is locatedbackot the tank 28 and is arranged to slide out of the housing 21 through an opening in the right-hand 'i Bide thereof so that the coffee grounds may bel emptied therefrom, and is provided with a' handle. 32. Within the housing 21 is a .partition 33 located between the tanks 28 and 29 and extends slightly thereabove. The

' front ofthe housin 21, above the tank 28,

. and supportsA the supply of coii'ee in tl'ie tank 35 and its measuring compartment 3G.

Below the tank 35 are four pans 39, all otwhich have open hopper bottoms and open bottom ground coffee compartments 40 into which said pans empty. Imperiorate bottomy plates 41 and bottom sieves 42 are provided for alternately closing the hopper bottoms of the pan 39 and Vthe compartments 40, respectively, and which plates 41 are normally open and which sieves 42 are normally closed. -The bottom plates 37 and 38 are slidably mounted in horizontal grooves, in the sides of the compartment 36and rear extensions 43 thereon, and the bottom plates 41 are slidably mounted in horizontal grooves in the sides ot' the com- 'partments 40 and rear extensions 44 formed therewith. All of the sieves 42, with the exception of the lowermost, are slidahly mounted in horizontal grooves in the respeetive compartments 40 and rear extension 44.

The lowermost pan 39 is directly above the liquid coffee tank 23 and its,compartv ment 4() is loose and has transverse bars 45, the ends of which are. mounted in grooves in said pun and ils rear extension 44 and tion 33 and allow the respective-sieve 42 to swing?r downward and dump its contents into the tank 29. v Y

On the sides of the tank :l5 .and each pan 39 are 'front and rear pairs of sup- 'porting lugs 48 slid-ably mounted on the support said compartment for horizontal I' rearward sliding' movement. The. sieve 42 in the movable lower compartment 4() hinged thereto at. 4G and has at its sides a pair of rails 47 having oblique lower edges that are tapered toward said hinge and rest on the upper edge of the partition 33 and normally hold the respective sieve closed. When the movable compartment 40 is moved rearward, its rails 47 move from the partihorizontal rails 4S) in the housing 21. Normally, the supportinfl.;- lugs 43 rest in lock notches 50 in the rails 49 and hold the tank 35 and pans 3l) properly positioned, the one under the other, and over the tank 28. 'lhe iront edges oi the lock notches 50 are inclined so that the supporting lugs 48 will gradually more into and out of the same during;- the sliding movement of the talk 35 and pans 39 on the rails 43, and whicn tank and pans may be independently removed from the housing 21 through the open front thereof for the purpose ot' cleaning or repairing the same and then replaced. A strainer 51 in the form of a cheeseolotli is held over the entire open top of the tank 28 by a removable frame 52.

A water-measuring compartment 53 .is mounted in the housing 21 back of the cot'- ee storage tank 35 and has in its rear wall a water intake port 54 which opens into the water compartment. 22, and also has in its bottom a water discharge port 55. A fan-like spout 56 on the bottom of the tank 53 is arranged to direct the water from the port 55 into the uppern'iost-pan 39 and pour the same over the groundv coffee in p the oomparlment 40 thereof. Valves 57 and 58 are` provided for the ports 54 and 55, respectively, and the former of which valves is normally closed and the latter oft which is normally open. The valve 58 is arranged to be `closed by a lifting movenient and has an upright stem 59 attached to the intermediate portion of a horizontal lever 60, one end of which is fulerumed to the partition 20. The valve 57 is arranged to close with the water pressure in the tank 22 and has a stem 6l attached to the valve stem 59 by a bell crank 62 for simultane-- ously moving the bottom plate 38, the three' uppermost sieves 47 andthe lowermos't. or

movable compartment 40 into inoperative' positions, towit: r

At the right-hand side of the apparatus is a hand crank 6.3 having' a short shaft journaled in the hub of a lock segment 64 rigidly secured to the housing. 21 at the outside thereof, projects therein and has rigidly secured to its inner end a cam head ('5 having` a cam slot (5G. ried b v the hand crank G3, co-operates with the lock segment (54 to hold said lever in a predetermined normal position. A pair lalch G7, car- 4'lhese bell cranks 72 and 73 are lthe outer wall of the housing;l 2l.

out upright vertically movable parallel bars 5S and 69 have at their lower ends cam pins 7G and 71, respectively, and which cam' pins is pivotally attached to and carried by the short arms of a pair of upper and lower bell cranks 72, andl the upright bar 69 is plvoted to and carried by the short arms of a'pair of upper and lower helll cranks 7 3. pivotecl to Extended oarallel to the bars 68 and 69 is a pair of bars 74 and A75 having at their ends hubs lsiiclahly mounted on upper and lower fixed shafts 76 carried by bearings 7 7 on the outer Wall ott the housingr 21. These bars 74 and 75 are connectedV to longr arms of the lhell cranks 72 and 73 by slot and pin connections 78 for horizontal sliding movement vto-` Ward and from each other.

The bar 7 4 has five vertically spaced rigid arms 7 9 having at theirouter ends npturned studs 8O which project' through apertured lugs 81 on the bottom plate V37 andthe bottom plates 4l, and which lugs Work in horizontal slots in the rear extensions 43 and 44. The bar 75 also lcarries five rigid arms 82 having'at their outer ends upturned studs 83 that project through apertured lugs 84 on the bottom plate 38', sieves 42 and movable compartment 40.

On the upper end oi the bar 68 is a springprojected latch 85 that normally extends un der the tree end of the lever 60, This latch 85 may be' manually operated, atl-wilhfto ref loa the lever 60, by means off' a iiod: 86,

- having:r a hand piece outward of the' housingr 21. A the time the har 74 is movedto project the Abottom plate 37 under the hopper bottom of the tank 36 and the bottom plate 4l under the open hopper bottoms of the pans 39, said latch carried upward by the har 68 and thereby lifts the lever 6() and closes the valve 58and opens the valve 57 yto permit the. compartment 53 `to till with water frommthe'ftank 22. At the limit of the'lifting movement of the lever 60, a piv-' oted latch 88 moves. thereunder, under the weight of a float 85) carried by an arm on y said latch, and holds said .lever after the of ground coilfee in the tank in which case. lthe measuring compartment will he lfull,

thatt/he wateramthe compartment project'into the cam slot 66. The bar68- is heated to the proper' temperature and that 'the water-measuring compartment 53 is empty. In the normal posltion of the apparatus, the bottom plates 38 and 41 are retracted and the bottom plate 38 is positioned under the measuring compartment and..V f

thesieves 42 are positioned under the 'compertinents 40. p

To start the apparatus, the operator rclees the hand crank 6l and draws the same. forward at the same time he draws outward on the hand piece 87 to release the latch 85 to cutout the action of the water supply. The initial n iovement of the hand crank 63 willmove vthe -cam head and thereby l cause'the cam pin 7G in the slot G6 thereof to lift the 'bar 68 and thereby rock the bell cranks 72 which, in turn, slides -the bar 74 toward the bar 75, which at this ftime is idle. This movement of the bar'7 4, acting through its arms 79. and their connections with the bottom plate 37 and the four bottom plates al, will move said plates, the ,i'ormer into the compartment 36 `and the latter to close the hopper bottoms of the pans 39. During the remaining forward movement of the hand crank` 63 the cam headv, af-tingon the cam pin 76 in the slot 66,'wgill lift the bar 69 and thereby rock the b'ellcranlis- 73 which, .in turn, slides the har 7 5 towardthe bar 74, which lat this time is idle. 4 This movement of the bar 7 5 5, acting through its arms 82 and their connections with. the bot- 4 tom plate 38, the three uppermost sieves 42 and-thc movable compartment-40, will retract said bottom plate, sieves and movable compartment. The retractingmovement of the bottom plate38 will releasethe measured' ground epilee in the compartment 36 lwhich 1s precipitated onto the bottom plate 41'in the uppermost pan 39. V

ne operator then returnsthehand crank" 63, and during its initial vreturn movement,-

Vthe bottpm plate-38 will be projected into the compartment 36, the three uppermost sieves' 42 into the respective Vcompartments 40, and the movable compartment 40 returned to normal position, duringwhich movement its sieve 42 will be' closed by cauting the rails 47- -to draw over the partitidn 33. The remaining return movement ofthe hand crank 63 will retract the ,bottom plate 37 and thereby permit the measuring com-l partment 36 to again jill with ground coffee.-

`lt will also retract the four bottom plates 41, and this movement of the uppermost bot- I tom `plate 4l willv scrape the ground coiee deposited .thereon from the measuringeoinf pertinent 36 and deposit the same on theunderlying sieve 42.

Thefoperator again re eatsv the ahove-operation by means of the iand crank 63, and which operation deposits a further supply of ground l"coffee from the measuring compartment y36' on thev uppermostbottom plate 41 and the` former supply of ground coffee on the uppermost sieve 42 hasl been scraped therefrom and first .leposited on the next 'tion by operating the hand crunk (5?).

underlyi'n' bottom plate 4l and thereafter scraped tieret'rom and deposited on the' partment 53. 'At the limit of' the lifting movement of the lever G0, the latch 88-will move thereunder and hold the same. 'lhis third operation of thehand crank G23 will cause the ground coffee on the two uppermost sieves 42 to be precipitated onto the underlying sieves and it will also release the measured quantity of-coffee from the compartment 36 and-deposit the s ame first on the topbottom plate 41- and then on the underlying sieve 42. At the completion of' 'this operation by the return of' the hand crank G3 to normal position, the water will have risen to a suflicient height in the measuring compartiment 53 to lift the float S9 and'thereby operate the latch S8 to release the lever and thereby close; the valve 5T and open the valvelS to permit the measured Water to flow from the compartment 53 into the spout 56 and be poured thereby onto the ground coffee'on the uppermost sieve 42 which is washed thereby.v The liqaid coffee thus produced will then be precipitated on the ground coffee' on the underlying sieve 42- and finally be collected in the tank 28. i

A fourth operation of the hand crank 63 as above described Will set the apparatusin full working order in which there is ground coffee on all the four sieves 42'. During the fifth operation of theh'andgcrank 63, the coffee grounds on the lowermost sieve -42 will be vdumped into the Waste receptacle 29 during-the rearward movement ot' the respective compartment )40 which allows the said sieve to 'dump aspreviously described.

From the above description it is evident that during each operation of the hand crank G3 a given quantity of Water is released from the measuring compartment 35 after a given quantity of coffee hasbeen rek leased from the measuring compartment 36. lt is also evident that cach measure of coffee will be washed with the water four times to remove all of the strength therefrom before the coffee grounds have been! deposited in the waste receptacle 49.

yly 'pouring the'mcasuijed water on the rlhe'term sieve is herein used in a broad sense to cover any means for percolating coffee. f

What l claim is:

1.' ln an apparatus for making coffee, the combination with a plurality of vertical spaced sieves, of means for intermittently depositing ground coffee on the uppermost sieve, means for progressively moving the same from one sieve to the other, and means 'for successively pouring boiling water on the ground eoli'ee on the uppermost seive to produce liquid coffee and which liquid coffee is progressively pouredon the ground coffee on theunderlying sieves.

2. ln an apparatus for making coffee, the con'ibination with a plurality of vertical spaced sieves, of automatic means for intermittently depositing ground coffee on theA uppermost sieve, means for progressively movingr the same from one sieve to the other, and automatic means for successively pouring boiling water on tle grilmd coffee on the uppermost sieve to produce liquid codec and which liquid coffee `is progressively poured on the ground coffee on the underlying sieyes.

3. In an apparatus'for making coffee, the combination with a supply tank for holding ground coffee and means for holding a snp ply of boiling water and automatically measuring the same, of' automatic means 'for removing a given quantity of ground coffee from the supply7 tank` a pluralityv of vertically spaced sieves. means for intermittentlyv depositing said Vgifen quantity of ground coffee on the upiermost sieve, means for progressively moving the same from one sieve to the other, and means for successiveground coffee on the uppermost sieve to produce liquid coffee and which liquid coffee is` progressively poured on lthe ground coffee on the underlying sieves.

4. T he structure defined in claim I), in further combination with means 'for collecting the. liquid coffee.`

5. The structure defined in claim 2i in 'further combination with lmeans for collectingr the liquid coffee, and means for collecting the coffee grounds from the. loWermost sieve.

6. The structure defined in claim 3 in which said two 'ineens are timed for action in the order-indie ated. l

7. The structure defined in claim 3 in which said two means are timed for action in the order indicated and are crank-actuated.

8. In anlapparatus for making coffee, the

125 combination with a supply tank for ground coffee having in its bottom a measuring ,meng automatic means for welpen-z5 l ing the same, a water-measuring comparellmg seul We-l from send wete? tez-measuring compartment jplurahty of vertically spaced supply tank, a

. pans below saidground coffee-measuring f compartment, each of said pens having a normally open bottom plete ende. normally closed weve, means 1er simultaneously mow ning said top and botem plates and for simultaneously movingv 'the bottom plat-e of the coeeaneasurng compartment and the sieves in reverse order end-timed elaeion.; and means for releasing the measured weter in timed relation o the movement of the sieves and delivering the seme onto Jhe uppermost sieves when closed.

l9. The structure defined in Gleim 8 in further combination with means for collecting the liquid coffee :from the lowermost sieve.

10. The structure defined in claim 8 in further combination with means for collect-- ing the liquid coffee from the lowermosm Slo-ve, and .mee-ns 'for :olering elle eoee grouncls 'from the lowerrnoet sieve. A

1l. In en apparatus for .making cm'jf'ee.J 'che combination with plurali@ o' Vertice] spaced seves, of Ineens for depositing ground coffee on the nppemost sieve, meer@ Sieve to the either, and nezme 'for euee eively pouring boiling wete-' on the ground eo'ee on ehe uppermost eee te f' .liquid Coffee and which liquid eo''w rleesively poured en xe ,ground the unlilel, ng eleves,

l2. ln im appareils* 'ehe cembne'nion ".vi'l r cally speeeff eevee, w is edn i1@ holr a. iuzm'y of o ufl o m for nexm entiy nuwinj die gl e'izn en lle Several s downward and e-l :L e' ground coffee "bo 'the uppermoe means for intermittenti' pouring Water on the upnermoe'i;

coffee on to module liquid. eeee? wh quc eef?n progreeevey prejpinme om@ the givound coffee one of the onerlyn'g to the other. 

